A numerical study on the response of wave number spectra of atmospheric gravity waves to lower atmospheric forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Shao Dong ^a,b,c   Yi, Fan ^a,b,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c State Observatory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WIND FORCING;

EID: 41649111092     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008957     Document Type: Article

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